God damn Customer Services/Lappie Help

[smithy69]

Got home last night expecting to have my nice shiny laptop on the table, ready to plug in, and start surfing the web.

Instead I get home to a letter stating there is a problem with delivery on my purchase and can I call customer services asap (the cheek of it). I call the telephone number given and then am put on hold for about 20 mins (not happy). A very nice lady told me that stock of my product was zero and wouldnt be restocked until the 14th December.

So I now have 2 choices -

1) Cancel the order
2)Place a new order for a different laptop

I really wanna start playing poker again so am gonna opt for option 2.

Will the nice blondites out there just give me a yay or nay on this laptop spec

Intel Core Duo T2050 Processor 1.6GHz
 
533 MHz FSB
 
2 MB Cache
 
1024 MB RAM
 
60 GB Hard Drive
 
DVD ReWriter SuperMulti
 
15.4" Widescreen TruBrite Display
 
Microsoft Windows Media Center
 
128mb Intel UMA 945 integrated Graphics
 
1 year FREE warranty
 
 
 
 
 
Battery Type Lithium Ion   
Battery life (up to) 3.4 hours 

CD-ROM Speed 24 x Enabling access to CD ROM data. The higher the number the faster the speed

CD-RW Speed. 10 x Enabling you to access and store data on CD-RW disks. The higher the number the faster the speed

Colour Grey / Silver   

DVD-ROM Speed 8 x Enabling you access to data on DVD. The higher the number the faster the speed

Depth 36.8 mm 

Floppy Disk Drive NO  Floppy disks are 3.5" square and store a small amount of data. CDs,DVDs and memory sticks are now usually used instead

Graphics Card Type Intel 945  To enable images to be displayed on your monitor

Graphics Memory 128mb mb The higher the memory the better quality images you are display

Hard Drive Capacity 60 Gb The bigger the capacity the more you can store
Height 267 mm 

Infrared Port Included NO  Allowing you to connect to other devices with infrared such as an infrared enabled mobile phone

Memory Size 1024 mb 

Memory Type DDR   

Modem Type 56k  Enabling communication with others via the telephone line. A modem is used for the Internet, e-mail and faxing

No. of Firewire Connections 1  High speed data transfer link for digital video and other media. Ideal for quickly downloading video images from a camcorder to PC

No. of USB Connections 4  The more connections the computer has the more equipment you can connect to your computer e.g. a modem, printer, scanner, digital camera, PDA

Operating system Win XP Media Center  Your software depends on the Operating System to make the computer functional. Look for either Windows XP (or Mac OS X Tiger on Apple computers)

Optical Drives DVD Super Multi Dual Layer   

Other Interfaces WIFI 802.11a/g   

Processor Type Intel Core Duo T2050   

Processor speed 1600 mhz The higher the number of Megahertz (MHZ) the faster the processor should be

Screen Size/Type 15.4" WXGA   

Software Titles Included MS Works   

Sound Type 16 bit Stereo  To enable you to have sound from your computer which is great for games, movies and music
 
TV-out YES  Allowing you to plug your laptop into a TV to watch DVDs

Weight 2.75 kg This is the weight of the appliance in KG
Width 360 mm 

Wireless Enabled YES  Allows you to connect to an existing wireless network such as in a office or a wireless hot spot
 
 
 
 
 

[boldie]

yay

[Zebediah]

That spec is about 1000 times more than you need to play online poker.
But should do pretty much anything you want.

When my laptop went wonky, as a filler I got a P700 for £30 off ebay (local), it was more than capable of playing poker till I got my new laptop.
Now it is a good machine for the kids to break...my new laptop is off limits!

As the wife says, I have 5 kids not 4, and my favourite is the square silver one.

[lazaroonie]

with the current huge oversupply in the laptop market, there is no way I would be waiting 4 weeks to get a machine, unless it had very specific custom fitted options.

[Acidmouse]

Thats the same laptop i got last week @) yay!

[smithy69]

YAY!!!!!!!!

[Britney Spears]

Someone stole my laptop!!! can you believe it?

It had 13 brand new hit records on it that i had recorded, this is why my next album is a selection of chaz and Dave covers, plus my own r&b version of gazzas fog on the tyne.

[boldie]

Someone stole my laptop!!! can you believe it?

It had 13 brand new hit records on it that i had recorded, this is why my next album is a selection of chaz and Dave covers, plus my own r&b version of gazzas fog on the tyne.

ah busted! Now we know you're not really Britney..she might be trailer trash but even she doesn't want to be associated with anything Newcastle!

[Irishdenis]

Tikay I hope you don't mind me putting the company name forward but Kew Computers Ltd have new Dell laptops in stock. If you call them on 08700 539266 and give my name( Denis O Mahoney) you will get the staff discount.  You can ask for me if you like. Delivery next day in the UK.

[SupaMonkey]

Dual core processors are just a fad imo. Don't bother with them.

[Bongo]

Dual core processors are just a fad imo. Don't bother with them.

I disagree.

[happybhoy]

With a dual core processor you'll be able to agree and disagree at the same time.

[boldie]

With a dual core processor you'll be able to agree and disagree at the same time.

lol

[SupaMonkey]

Dual core processors are just a fad imo. Don't bother with them.

I disagree.

Ok, the way i see it is that if you are going to use these then you are going to need to use software that utilises them and if you are using software that will benefit from a dual core processor, why not just buy a dual processor computer.

[amcgrath1uk]

easy question b4 u buy.. how much is it? For that spec the max priceI'd pay is £599, the company I work for has a similar spec with a 120Gb HD for £599. Make sure you buy from a good place as anyone who buys a media centre laptop/ PC will get a free upgrade to windows Vista when it is released. If u want any more info etc pm me